Eesti Energia renewable energy subsidiary Enefit Green has submitted an application for a development plan to Parnu County’s Saarde Municipality this week for the launch of an environmental impact analysis and in order to determine whether it would be possible to build a wind farm with up to ten turbines and a capacity of 70…
Estonia’s European Commissioner Kadri Simson (Center) said that a solution was needed to alleviate the recent emergence of cheaper Russian and Belarusian electricity imports on the Estonian market. She also said that the oil shale industry per se wasn’t necessarily dead, hinting that options for its continuation and even the construction of a new refinery…
Ukrainian Minister of Energy and Environmental Protection Oleksiy Orzhel says the ministry plans to increase the share of energy generated from alternative sources up to 70% over the next 30 years. “We say that the share of renewable energy should be about 70% by 2050. We have estimates, various charts, and scenarios for the implementation…
The price of gas supplied from Russia to Armenia at the border will not increase in 2020. There is an agreement according to which there will be no change in tariff for consumers until April 1, and Gazprom Armenia CJSC will not submit an application to the Public Services Regulatory Commission, Deputy Prime Minister of…
Natural gas stocks in Ukraine’s underground storage facilities (USFs) have shrunk by 18.7%, to 17.69 billion cubic meters since November 2, 2019 when Ukraine started pumping out gas from its reserves amid the heating season. As of January 18, gas reserves in the country’s USFs stood at 17.69 billion cubic meters, up by 30.3% YoY,…
Energy Minister Zygimantas Vaiciunas has hailed the first green energy action a “breakthough” for Lithuania as the winner asked no government support. “It is a breakthrough for Lithuania’s renewable energy, since it is the first time that investments are made into wind farms without state support,” the minister said in a press release. “Lithuania has…
Eesti Energia’s CO2 emissions decreased by half last year, as the company reduced its electricity production from oil shale after an increase in European Union carbon quota prices and competition from Russian electricity production. “In 2019, the price of a CO2 quota increased to EUR 30 per ton, and unfair competition from Russian electricity in…